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...black market for a rare Harvard commodity—Commencement tickets—has moved beyond open e-mail list exchanges, as at least two passes were advertised on the online auction site eBay, though both have since vanished...
When the Commencement Office caught wind of the online auctions on Thursday, House representatives on the senior class committee were asked to forward a message to their classmates warning them that the sale of Commencement tickets is prohibited, and that posting them on eBay is “not only in violation of University policy” but a breach of protocol and security...
According to Shannon S. Christmas ’04, a Lowell House representative on the senior class committee, the Commencement Office asked him to warn his fellow Lowell residents that selling tickets on eBay presented a “serious security risk...
...It’s a huge security risk in terms of people who shouldn’t be at the commencement getting in,” he said. “[The authorities] have been pulling stuff off the eBay website...
According to Katherine Richard, the Leverett House senior representative, at least two ticket auctions had been traced on eBay as of last Thursday, but by yesterday afternoon, only one remained...